With his undefeatable and rare in the continent left-arm chinaman bowling, young spinner Kuldeep Yadav has made a concrete place for himself in the Indian cricket team in a short period of time. Kuldeep was initially a fast bowler but on the perusal of his childhood coach in a cricket academy in Kanpur, he developed himself to become a left-arm wrist spinner, a rare breed of bowlers in India. The Uttar Pradesh-based spinner made his international debut on March 25, 2017, in a Test match against Australia in Dharamsala. Following an impressive Test outing, Kuldeep made his ODI debut on June 23, 2017, facing West Indies at Port of Spain. On the same tour of Caribbean islands, he managed to make his T20I debut on July 9, 2017 at Kingston. He, along with leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, charmed the national team selectors with his mystical bowling and replaced experienced spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the squads for the shorter format of cricket.
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Kuldeep Yadav, who has played with KKR for the past four seasons, feels there is some major cutthroat competition this season and the pressure is immense.
The Chinaman, who played his first overseas series, said that he was nervous but excited at the same time as he immediately went on to bamboozle and befuddle the Proteas batsmen.
The 23-year old wrist-spinner also praised former India skipper MS Dhoni, he believes Dhoni's valuable inputs from behind the stumps helps the bowlers to strategize better and read batsman's mind.
In the last one year, Kuldeep has emerged as a trump card for the Indian cricket team especially in the limited-overs format where he has dominated the opposition batsmen with his brilliant skills.
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Tendulkar feels that India should try and win as many matches as possible before opposition teams get a grip of their artistry.
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Former India opener Virender Sehwag speaks exclusively to India TV on Virat Kohli and Co's first-ever bilateral ODI series victory on South African soil.
The team under Kohli achieved which none of the past Indian teams managed to achieve under the likes of Mohammed Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid or Mahendra Singh Dhoni - win a full-fledged series in the Rainbow Nation.
The fans of the Chinaman spinner started showing their concern, saying he might fall ahead of the fourth ODI.
Chahal and Yadav have been at their imperious best, snaring 21 wickets between them in three matches so far.
This has been India's biggest win against South Africa in the Proteas backyard as Kohli and the wrist spinners ripped passed the hosts once again.
Kohli reaffirmed his status as an ODI great with an unbeaten 160 off 159 balls on a challenging surface, propelling India to 303 for six.
Leggie Chahal and chinaman Yadav have wreaked havoc in the series, picking 13 wickets in the first two matches.
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